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Comment by HelloKitty

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Let me say that this minion is INCREDIBLE. It can be used in conjunction with the Master of Disguise for Rogues to give this minion Stealth, so that enemies cannot easily kill him.

In fact, simply having a stealthed Auctioneer like that is a win condition for any Spellblade deck. If he is stealthed and you are playing Combo'ed Headcracks, The Coin, Backstab, Shiv, etc, you will find yourself drawing more cards than you can handle very quickly. Of course, with any Spellblade deck, you will be able to piss through these new spell cards incredibly fast as well, drawing even more cards and having your headcracks returned to you every turn. That's 4 hero damage for 4 mana + 2 draw cards + 2 headcracks returned. That is brutal to overcome!

I'm sure that Paladins can perform a weaker version of this by protecting him with Divine Shield (which is a spell itself). Priests also likely have it very good if they play him behind a strong taunter and buff his HP via PW:S and Divine Spirit and maybe even Inner Fire, all of which are Spells (!) allowing for more draws.

Unfortunately, due to his power, he is an extremely high value target the moment he lands on the board, and most players wil spot-remove him. This is good if you have a lot of other low-end power cards (Questing Adventurer or Mountain Giant, for example) that also demand assassinations, since they can't spot-remove everything!

But it should go without saying, if you see a +Spelldamage Rogue playing this card with Master of Disguise or any other sort of protection, the game will be over very fast if you aren't prepared.

Comment by Flaaf

As of writing this comment there is no sound-button for his death, meaning either he can't die or he's speechless. This may be because of the violence at The Black Market Auction House, but that's just a theory.

Comment by Wartarren

Perfect for rogue decks since it can be effectively hidden with Conceal or Master of Disguise. His ability works even when you take him away with Shadowstep in case of danger.

Comment by Mormolyce

There is no sweeter sound in the world than a Concealed, Cold Blooded Gadgetzan Auctioneer getting hit by Ragnaros.

Comment by Willemstyle

This card is, a gamebreaker. I have seen too many rogues utilizing a deck using this card.The problem is, no matter what kind of tactic I try to beat them, it won't work, and I lose every single time.

Not trying to whine, but I just feel this card is ridiculously overpowered.

A good solution would be that the auctioneer gains limited uses (like the HP subtraction of Imp Master) so he cannot be used as card spam material.

Comment by SpellHeart

Personally like to play this guy in Shaman decks, because of lots of 1-3 costed spells in Thrall's arsenal and ability to defend it with Feral Spirit and Stoneclaw Totem. It looks fair, not OP, and still very useful as a late-game hand-refresher. Shaman has some problems with card draw he absolutely needs, so Gadgetzan Auctioneer is a nice alternative or even a partner for Mana Tide Totem and Nat Pagle.

Comment by Adunai

Cost risen from 5 to 6 mana. Probably, because of the addition of Spare Parts (a number of cheap unobtainable 1 mana cost spells).